Man Gets SWAT Visit For Illegal Basement

Jose Del Rio, a Vietnam War veteran, built a “multi-level” underground structure about 20 to 25 feet below the home, resulting in the City of Austin executing a warrant to have the police SWAT team, police bomb squad and Austin Fire’s search and rescue operations team, do a full sweep of the home.

c-i-a 5 years 11 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago

A multi-level basement is an essential feature in anything I'd call a dream house. This building code nonsense has gone far, far too far. Property rights barely exist anymore. In this society of might-makes-right, you only own what you will defend with your life. How long until people start firing back?